The Tsimanampetsotsa National Park with its salt lake and dry spiny forests comprises of 430 km2 and has been protected since 1927 due to its biological meaning (high endemism of species). The calcareous plateau is covered with dense xerophilous thickets, baobabs and banyan trees.

Salt Lake, Tsimanampetsotsa National Park, MadagaskarThe Tsimanampetsotsa National Park with its salt lake and dry spiny forests comprises 430 km2 and has been protected since 1927 due to its biological meaning (high endemism of species). The lake was protected because of ...

By Peter Prokosch

Tsimanampetsotsa National Park, salt lake, South-West MadagascarThe Tsimanampetsotsa National Park with its salt lake and dry spiny forests comprises of 430 km2 and has been protected since 1927 due to its biological meaning (high endemism of species). The lake became because of its ...

By Peter Prokosch

Natural forest cover with starting deforestation in south-west MadagascarMadagascar is among the world's poorest countries. As such, people's day-to-day survival is dependent upon natural resource use. They must live off the land that surrounds them, making use of whatever resources they can...

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Isalo National Park, sandstone formations, MadagascarThe Isalo National Park in the central-south is the most visited in Madagascar. The park, furrowed of rivers and their affluents, spreads over 81 540 ha. The wild landscape with deep canyons, palm-lined oases and grassl...

By Peter Prokosch

Agricultural fires, MadagascarEvery year as much as a third of Madagascar burns. Fires set for land-clearing and pastureland spread into adjacent wildlands, causing damage to the islands unique ecosystems.

By Peter Prokosch

Village in Southwest MadagascarMadagascar is among the world's poorest countries. As such, people's day-to-day survival is dependent upon natural resource use. They must live off the land that surrounds them, making use of whatever resources they can...

By Peter Prokosch

Family processing their rice harvest, MadagascarMadagascar is among the world's poorest countries. As such, people's day-to-day survival is dependent upon natural resource use. They must live off the land that surrounds them, making use of whatever resources they can ...

By Peter Prokosch

Deforested landscape in central south MadagascarMadagascar is among the world's poorest countries. As such, people's day-to-day survival is dependent upon natural resource use. They must live off the land that surrounds them, making use of whatever resources they can ...